10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

While these groups were once considered two orders (Caprimulgiformes and Apodiformes), recent work (summarized in Mayr 2010 ) shows that swifts and hummingbirds emerged from within the night birds. Sister to this group is the Strisores : the “night birds” (excluding owls), swifts, and hummingbirds. Jarvis et al.

Family 279

Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. New Zealand Kaka – Nestor meridionalis.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. New Zealand Kaka – Nestor meridionalis.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. New Zealand Kaka – Nestor meridionalis.

2018 101

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. New Zealand Pigeon – Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. New Zealand Pigeon – Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. New Zealand Kaka – Nestor meridionalis.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100